With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the finest battles from May 2024: Here are the 5 candidates, noted in sequential order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for May.
At the bottom of the post, let us understand if we got it right by ballot on your option.
Nominees
Nominee: Trey Waters def. Billy Ray Goff at UFC on ESPN 56
Trey Waters (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Billy Goff (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) looked like a couple of zombies by the time they were done punching it out for 15 minutes.
When they were through the gruelling welterweight bout, it was Waters who had a consentaneous choice in what was at that point quickly the most amusing battle of the night.
Nominee: Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki at UFC on ESPN 56
Diego Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) conquered early difficulty to meal out a harsh whipping on the face of rising light-weight Mateusz Rebecki (19-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC).
Referee Gary Copeland’s interjection to wave off the bout at 4: 59 of Round 3 formally significant conclusion of Ferreira’s rally. He was dropped with a huge left hand in Round 1, however then Ferreira rounded with a draggedout whipping.
Nominee: Patchy Mix def. Magomed Magomedov at Bellator Champions Series: Paris
Everyone who seen apparently had their own viewpoint of who oughtto win or why, however the 2 of the 3 viewpoints that mattered leaned towards Patchy Mix (20-1).
Mix beat Magomedov Magomedov (20-4) by split choice to keep his bantamweight title in a rematch that was far more competitive than the veryfirst conference inbetween them.
Nominee: Lerone Murphy def. Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night 241
Lerone Murphy (14-0-1 MMA, 6-0-1 UFC) carriedout